Dual Core Processor began as something very attractive in the computing world and in just a short time, Quad Core made its debut. And this did not stop the processor manufacturers from adding more cores to the processors. In just a short period of time, the Quad Core will be a yesterday's news and hello to the Octa Core. Who would ever think that you can actually put more core into the processor to add more computing power. Personal computers are getting more and more powerful that these kind of computers used to serve as servers and military hardware from a few years ago.
Dual Core processors are two processors sandwiched into one die. Likewise, a Quad Core processor are four processors in one die and so on and so forth. Having dual core processor is having two processors on your computer helping each other with the processes of your computer. Thus your computer will be able to run faster and makes the operation of applications smoother.
However, the dual core processor capabilities will not be experienced on software that were not designed to work on a dual processing environment, thus, your dual core processor is deemed useless in these cases because only one processor is doing all the work and the other one is just idle.
There are at least four ways to determine if the processor of your computer is a Dual Core processor.
In this example, we will be dealing with a computer that has a Dual Core processor running on Windows XP operating system.
First Method: System Properties
1. Right-click on the MY COMPUTER icon and choose PROPERTIES.
2. Under GENERAL tab, you can see under "Computer:" category the brand of the processor and its specifications, which is Pentium(R) Dual-Core CPU E5200 @ 2.50GHz.
Second Method: Device Manager
1. Right-click on the MY COMPUTER icon and choose PROPERTIES.
2. Click the HARDWARE tab.
3. Click the DEVICE MANAGER button.
4. Expand the PROCESSOR category.
5. You will now see that there are Pentium(R) Dual-Core CPU E5200 @ 2.50GHz, which means it is a dual core.
Third Method: Task Manager
1. Right-click on the Windows Taskbar and choose TASK MANAGER option.
2. Click the PERFORMANCE tab.
3. You will now see under "CPU Usage History" that there are two graphs, which are for each of the cores.
Fourth Method: DxDiag
1. Click the START button and choose RUN option.
2. Type dxdiag and hit the ENTER key of the keyboard.
3. You will now see under GENERAL tab of the "Processor:" category the brand and the specifications of the processor installed on the computer, which is Pentium(R) Dual-Core CPU E5200 @ 2.50GHz.
Dual Core processors are two processors sandwiched into one die. Likewise, a Quad Core processor are four processors in one die and so on and so forth. Having dual core processor is having two processors on your computer helping each other with the processes of your computer. Thus your computer will be able to run faster and makes the operation of applications smoother.
However, the dual core processor capabilities will not be experienced on software that were not designed to work on a dual processing environment, thus, your dual core processor is deemed useless in these cases because only one processor is doing all the work and the other one is just idle.
There are at least four ways to determine if the processor of your computer is a Dual Core processor.
In this example, we will be dealing with a computer that has a Dual Core processor running on Windows XP operating system.
First Method: System Properties
1. Right-click on the MY COMPUTER icon and choose PROPERTIES.
2. Under GENERAL tab, you can see under "Computer:" category the brand of the processor and its specifications, which is Pentium(R) Dual-Core CPU E5200 @ 2.50GHz.
Second Method: Device Manager
1. Right-click on the MY COMPUTER icon and choose PROPERTIES.
2. Click the HARDWARE tab.
3. Click the DEVICE MANAGER button.
4. Expand the PROCESSOR category.
5. You will now see that there are Pentium(R) Dual-Core CPU E5200 @ 2.50GHz, which means it is a dual core.
Third Method: Task Manager
1. Right-click on the Windows Taskbar and choose TASK MANAGER option.
2. Click the PERFORMANCE tab.
3. You will now see under "CPU Usage History" that there are two graphs, which are for each of the cores.
Fourth Method: DxDiag
1. Click the START button and choose RUN option.
2. Type dxdiag and hit the ENTER key of the keyboard.
3. You will now see under GENERAL tab of the "Processor:" category the brand and the specifications of the processor installed on the computer, which is Pentium(R) Dual-Core CPU E5200 @ 2.50GHz.
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